Thread: First Hopper and Joey Photos posted by engadget

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

If it were me running the company the monthly fees would be...

First hopper free
Each Joey $6

Additional hopper $14

With these Joey prices, they would be competitive with other companies when it comes to "fees"

Originally Posted by Brussam

It seems the Joey equivalent from DirecTV hasn't been released yet, just a free for a RVU TV.

which honestly is fine. Right now Directv is installing H25 receivers which have their own tuner in them AND can piggyback off the HR34. Both the RVU & H25 are $6 a month so its nice right now that folks get a H25 which doesnt feed off the HR34 tuners instead of a RVU which DOES feed off a tuner

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

If it were me running the company the monthly fees would be...

First hopper free
Each Joey $6

Additional hopper $14

That pricing would work for me since I would want one Hopper and three Joeys (4 HDTV's), but I'd also need one of those MOCA bridges as well. They'll probably have a fee for one of those too.

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Originally Posted by elmafu69

If they go the directv route and charge 399 they wont get many ppl hopping, even if they do give you 300 back.

You think $99 is unreasonable for a receiver/DVR of this caliber? My god, I hope you were never around in the TVRO days. I paid well over $1000 for my first 4DTV in 1997.

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

If it were me running the company the monthly fees would be...

First hopper free
Each Joey $6

Additional hopper $14

Why not use the DirecTV model, first receiver free, then $6 for each additional receiver/client/DVR. Have a $10 whole home DVR fee per account.

Originally Posted by Iceberg

which honestly is fine. Right now Directv is installing H25 receivers which have their own tuner in them AND can piggyback off the HR34. Both the RVU & H25 are $6 a month so its nice right now that folks get a H25 which doesnt feed off the HR34 tuners instead of a RVU which DOES feed off a tuner

That is what i was trying/thinking in one of my other posts about the Joey's needing a tuner in them. direct Tv's HMC Hr34 can all be hooked in with the Hr24/25.
if it wasn't for a neighbor's tree in the way I would be with Direct Tv right now.

later,
John

Originally Posted by digitalblue

A single Hopper install requires two RG6 coax lines from a DISH Antenna into a XIP Solo Node. From there a single RG6 line is connected to the Hopper input and another line is connected into a standard cable splitter for distribution to the Joey's using pre-existing RG6 or RG59 cable.

Two Hoppers, then you need an XIP Duo Node. To the best of my knowledge neither node requires an additional power supply/inserter.Attachment 72854Attachment 72855

As a side note, just wanted to add that, if you use the Duo and two taps, the entire system requires RG-6. Just an FYI. And you're right about the Nodes; no power inserter needed. Take care and God Bless!

Originally Posted by RK007

As a side note, just wanted to add that, if you use the Duo and two taps, the entire system requires RG-6. Just an FYI. And you're right about the Nodes; no power inserter needed. Take care and God Bless!

You should still be able to use RG59 from the splitter out to the Joeys. You should only need RG6 from the Dish to the node, from the node to the tap and from the tap to the Hopper.